Displays By Dewey
Print out these slides from the Nonfiction Book Talk
If you are looking for Dewey Signs, Take a look at these from The Book Wrangler
See Also:
Printable Signs for Dewey Display
Printable List of Displays by Dewey
Printable of the Dewey Decimal Classification System
Dewey Bookmark Single Sided, 3 per page
Dewey by Month
August - Country or Travel Books
September - Study Skills, Hispanic American History, September 11th
October - Scary, Unexplained, “Stranger than fiction”
November - True Crime, Military, Native Americans
December - Holidays, Holocaust
January - self help, New Year, New You
February - African American History, Valentines
March - Animals, Fairytales, Women's History Month
April - Environment, Poetry
May - Sports, Testing, Military
June - College and Career
July - Revolutionary War, Independence, Military
Dewey by the numbers
Do We Know Dewey Blog Post from Mrs. G Talks Books
000
“How to be a billionaire” (Bill Gates/computer display) All year
“Stranger than fiction” (UFO’s witches, vampires, etc.) October
100
“Help yourself” (New Year’s Resolutions) January
200
“Choose your Odyssey” (mythology) Collaborate with English or Ancient History
300
“What's your problem?” (issues) October / Teen Read Week
“You’ve got to fight for the right…” (civil rights) January/Feb
358.4 Military “United we Stand” September/November/May
“Who do you want to be?” (careers) June
“Celebration!” (holidays and celebrations) December
398.2 “Magic and Monsters” folktales and fairytales March/St Patrick's day
400 /800 (R) “HELP” (homework aids) September
500
“Save the Planet” (earth, environment) April earth day
“Dewey see what I see” (Eyewitness books) December
600
“What’s Cooking?” (cookbooks) Thanksgiving/November
“Life in the Fast Lane” (cars, vehicles)
“Sicko” (diseases) Collaborate with Science/Health
623.4 Military Weapons on Memorial Day and Veteran's Day
700
796 “Be a Sport” (Physical Fitness Month) May
“I Can Draw” (how to draw–Napoleon Dynamite) Feburary/Valentine’s day
741.5 “Get Graphic” (graphic novels) All Year
“Rock and Roll is here to stay” (Music history) Collaborate with Music
800
“Bust a Rhyme” (poetry) April
“Where do I start?” (Big6 research resources) End of year projects
818 Jokes (April)
900
“Walk in someone's shoes” (biography) Collaborate with English
“Where in the world?” (travel or country books) Spring Break or Summer
“It’s on the Test!” (History Standards) Collaborate with History
“What was it like when…” (Historical time periods with Novels)
Dust Bowl/Depression with Out of the Dust by Karen Heese
940.53 Holocaust with Night by Elie Weisel or The Diary of Anne Frank
Gold Rush with The Call of the Wild by Jack London Collaborate with English
973.931 September 11th
See Also:
Dewey of the Week from the Book Wrangler